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W. SLOPPZ.

COOLER FOR BEER AND OTHER LIQUIDS.

(No Modgl.)

Patented'Ma y 17 n. PETERS. Fhnloiithcgmphcr, Washington. 11c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

To all whom, itmay concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM SLorrz, a

, citizen of the United States, residing at New Kiowa, in the county of Barber and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coolers for Beer and other Liquids; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the-accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in water and beer coolers wherein it is not desired to bring the fluid in direct contact with the ice, which improvements will be fully understood from the following description and claim, when taken in connection with the'alr nexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical diametrical section through my improved cooler, taken in the plane indicated by dotted lines as w on Figs. 2

and 8. Fig. 2 is a similar section through the cooler, taken in the vertical plane indicated by dotted lines 3 3 on Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 3 is a section taken horizontally through the cooler, in the plane indicated by the dotted lines .2 2 on Figs. 1 and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

A designates the external cylindrical wall of the cooler, which may be of any desired diameter and height, and which is provided with a rcmovablecover, A. In the upper part of the cooleris a Water-chamber, B,which is accessible by removing the cover A.

O designates a chamber suitably sustained inside of the cooler, so as to leave a space surrounding it, which space is filled with pulverized charcoal, or other suitable material which is a poor conductor of heat. Through this charcoal-space extends an outwardly-flaring door-frame, c, which is suit-ably secured to l the wall of the casing A and the wall of the chamber 0, and in this frame is fitted airtight, by means of a suitable packing, the hinged door D, by opening which access can be had to the ice-receptacle b, which recepta- W'ILLIAM SLOPPZ, OF NEW KIOWA, KANSAS.

COOLER FOR BEER AND OTHER LIQUIDS.

FJPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,177, dated May 17,1887.

Application filed September 16, 1886. Serial No. 213,656.

(No model.)

cle is at the upper part of the chamber 0, as clearly shownin Figs. 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings.

Inside of the chamber 0 is a box, E, which is designed to contain water or beer, and which is entirely surrounded by aspace, its top forming the support foriee in the receptacle 1). The lower part of the chamber 0 is adapted to re ceive the drippings from the ice, and is provided with a faucet, F, for drawing oft the waste water.

G designates a vertical tapered pipe, which forms a communication between thetwo waterchambers B and E, and which extends down nearly to the bottom of the chamber E, and is perforated at c. This pipe G is surrounded between the roof of the chamberE and the bottom of the floor of chamber B bya pipe, G, somewhat larger in diameter than the pipe G, the ends of which pipe G are soldered tight to said roof and floor, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

From the top of the chamber or box E eX- tends a pipe, H,which passes upward to form an elbow, and then out through the walls of chambers A C, and is provided with a faucet, H.

To the upper end ofthe vertical pipe G is attached by a coupling, (1, a flexible pipe, J, which is designed to be attached to a beer-keg when it is desired to cool beer. By means of this pipe the beer passes from the keg directly into the chamber E, where it is cooled, and from which it can be drawn off by means 01' the faucet 1-1.

When the device is used as a water-cooler, it is necessary to remove the pipe J and allow the upper chamber, B, to communicate with thelower chamber, E, the upper chamberbeing kept supplied with water, so as to afford a hy drostatic p ressurein the lower chamber. \Vhen the device is used for cooling water, the ice is put into the chamber B and the door thereof tightly shut. The drippings from the ice are This allows me to draw water from the top of the chamber E by means of the cock H, leaving all sediment at the bottom of this latter chamber.

It will be observed that in drawing cold water from the top of vessel E comparatively warm water will enter this vessel through pipe G, and quickly become cooled therein as it rises through the cold water.

,The object of the pipe G and the aperture 0 in pipe G is, that during the act of filling the vessel E the air, with its impurities,will freely escape out of this vessel through the space between the two tubes G G and aperture 0 into the tube G above said aperture, and finally into the chamber B. It should be remarked that, the chamber between the two tubes G G has no communication with the chamber B, except through the aperture 0 and tube G, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having described my invention, I claim The combination,with the external wall, A, of a fluid-chambenB, at the upper part thereof, an ice-chamber, 0, provided with a drawoff cock at its lower end, a chamber, E, inelosed within thewalls of' chamber 0, .a cock for drawing fluid from the upper end of this chamber, a pipe, G, forming a communication between the bottom of chamber B and the lower part of chamber E, and perforated at c, and a pipe, G, forming a space around the upper part of pipeG, open at its lower end and closed at its upper end, substantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof I affix m y signature in presence of two witnesses. Y I

- \VILLIAM SLOPPZ.

Witnesses:

0. E. VOORHIS, C. V. K. WooD'woRTH;

Itis hereby certified that the nmnc of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 363,1 grented May 17,1887, for an improvement in Coolers for Beer and other Liquid was erroneously Written and printed William Sloppz, whereas said name should he been Written and printed William Sloppy; and that said Letters Patent should be re with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in t Patent Office,

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 30th day of August, A. D. 1887.

[SEAL] D. L. HAWKINS,

Acting Secretary of the Intcm' Countersigned BENTON J. HALL,

Commissioner of Patents. 

